17 December 1981

Restructuring of the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establisment of a New International Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, containing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, and 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation,

Reaffirming its resolutions 32/197 of 20 December 1977 and 33/202 of 29 January 1979 on the restructuring of the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system, as well as its resolutions 34/215 of 19 December 1979 and 35/203 of 16 December 1980 on the implementation of section VIII of the annex to resolution 32/197,

Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 35/203, the comments of the Secretary-General on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the relationships between the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation and entities of the United Nations Secretariat, and the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of section IV of the annex to General Assembly resolution 32/197,

1. Decides to transmit to the Economic and Social Council, for consideration at its second regular session of 1982, the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 35/203 and the comments of the Secretary-General on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit, and to return to the question of the interrelationships between the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation and the entities of the United Nations Secretariat at its thirty-seventh session, in the light of the deliberations of the Economic and Social Council, in order to continue to implement fully section VIII of the annex to resolution 32/197;

2. Also decides to return, at its thirty-seventh session, to the question of the implications of the restructuring process for the regional commissions, within the over-all context of resolution 32/197, as well as in the light of further observations of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination at its next session, to be held in 1982, and of the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1982.